Grip Strength Predicts Cause-Specific Mortality in Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons Hideo Sasaki, MD, PhD, Fumiyoshi Kasagi, PhD, Michiko Yamada, MD, PhD,

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Grip Strength Predicts Cause-Specific Mortality in Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons Hideo Sasaki, MD, PhD, Fumiyoshi Kasagi, PhD, Michiko Yamada, MD, PhD, Shoichiro Fujita, PhD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 120, Issue 4, Pages 337-342 (April 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.04.018 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Average grip strength (kg) by age- and sex-specific categories. The American Journal of Medicine 2007 120, 337-342DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.04.018) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Multivariate-adjusted relative risk (RR) among different grip strength categories divided into quintiles in each age and sex group, using the third quintile group as reference. The American Journal of Medicine 2007 120, 337-342DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.04.018) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions